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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Carum carvi (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Caraway; Carum; Kummel (Ger.); Comino (Sp.); Comino de prado (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
N-NONANAL 5 Seed 6.0 12.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
N-OCTANAL 2 Fruit 24.0 48.0 *
N-OCTANAL 2 Seed 24.0 48.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NEODIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Fruit *
NEODIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Seed Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NEOISODIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Fruit *
NEOISODIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Seed Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NIACIN 39 Fruit 21.0 56.0 -0.06 *
NIACIN 39 Seed 21.0 56.0 0.39 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
NICKEL 3 Fruit 7.0 1.35 *
NICKEL 3 Seed 7.0 10.0 1.00 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 54400.0 95648.0 0.26 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 29000.0 241000.0 1.00 *
P-1(7),8-MENTHADIENE-6-OL 0 Seed 10.0 25.0 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Seed 86.0 -0.29 *
P-CYMENE 16 Seed 0.1 1320.0 -0.39 *
P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL 0 Seed *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 2000.0 6658.0 -0.26 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 2000.0 9000.0 -0.51 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 900.0 999.0 -0.16 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Bronchorelaxant 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bufocide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 5 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Inhibitor 1 Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133.
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cancer-Preventive 35 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 12 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat 3 *
Capillarifortificant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillarigenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 8 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 6 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *